Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS)- Dry Eye? (Non-diabetic ?)

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Any one have any experience with this? I made a post a few months ago about excessive "eye boogies" in cats. I have been concerned about my cat "Hot Rod". His eyes have always had excessive goo, but its always clear mucus. I brought this up to my vet several months ago and she said he most likely has feline herpes since he was a stray kitten. She told me the only way to test would be to sedate him and do a scrapping of the eye to culture and to just use human saline drops......the vet who told me I couldn't use a HUMAN meter on Hidey lol, anyways its been bothering me a lot lately because when I go to wipe it away it is so much, and he looks annoyed when I wipe it away. It doesnt look painful to him, just annoying but I started worrying about me wiping it a way....what if its pulling on something and damages something???? So I started to search yet again, and the closest I could find in description is dry eye, and yes it says it can be a result of feline herpes although he doesnt show any other signs (my parents cat has feline herpes) I also know every cat is different. Upon searching though I found mixed reviews on using human saline drops, some saying it can cause more damage and that if dry eye is left untreated it can cause further problems including blindness. Any one have any experience or knowledge on this subject? Any input would be appreciated.
 
Re: Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS)- Dry Eye? (Non-diabetic

I know that a lot of cats with the herpes virus (and eye gunk symptoms) do well with having l-lysine added to their food on a daily basis. Maybe this will work for the KCS as well, especially if it is the herpes virus?
 
Re: Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS)- Dry Eye? (Non-diabetic

Powdered l-lysine, 500 mg, may be added to the food to support the immune system against the feline herpes if present.
 
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Re: Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS)- Dry Eye? (Non-diabetic

I just ordered some of the Tomlyn's L-Lysine off amazon, and will be here Friday. I will give that a try, any input on using human eye drops (plain saline) on cats?
 
I've used human saline drops for my cat for years but trying to give them to him the recommended 5 times a day wasn't happening because he hated getting the drops. Now I used Remend drops twice a day, and he actually comes to me to get his eye drops. They are prescription only, but made a world of difference.

This article explains how l-lysine works against feline herpes:
http://www.vetinfo.com/controlling-cat-herpes-l-lysine.html

The reason a cat has dry eye as a result of a feline herpes infection is that it causes the destruction of the tear ducts. Once they have dry eye, it's forever outside of surgery to transplant a saliva duct to the eye. Which apparently doesn't work that well because saliva is enough different from tears to cause other eye problems.
 
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